Tuesday last arrived here the brig Sally, Capt. Stocker, in 11 weeks from Nantz, in France, with 6,800 stand of small arms, a large number of gun-locks, &c.
Since our last Capt. ———— [George Curwin], in a letter of marque sloop, arrived here from Martinico; she took two prizes on the passage, viz. a sloop from Madeira for Jamaica, not yet arrived, and a sloop from NewYork for Barbados, which she brought in with her.1
On the sixth instant the privateer brig General Miffiin, Captain [John] Hamilton, of this port, returning from a cruize, was overtaken by a violent snow storm, which determined the Captain to carry her into Sinepuxent, but the pilot, being ignorant of the channel, unfortunately ran her on shore, when the vessel bilged, and was soon filled with water. The hands (ninety odd) were on the quarter deck the whole night, and suffered exceedingly, and in the morning got on shore on a desolate beach, covered with snow, where seventeen perished, but by timely assistance the remainder of the crew were saved. Near three thousand pounds worth of prize e~ects were on board, which were lost with the vessel.
